Abu Dhabi: Light rains and cloud conditions are expected along with foggy and misty conditions early Saturday in various corners of the UAE, say weather forecasters in the nation’s capital.
The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology said weather conditions were a mixed bag following scattered rains on Friday evening shortly before sunset in Dubai and on into the evening as cloud cover deepened fed by winds coming ashore from the Gulf.
Forecasters said that through the evening cloud cover was expected to “gradually increase, especially over the islands and the coasts, with a chance of scattered light rain. Moderate winds in general, may freshen at times, especially with cloud activity.”
The forecast for Saturday predicted that “relative humidity is likely to increase over some coastal and internal areas, with a probability of of fog and mist formation.”
Temperatures along the coast could reach as high as 29C and dip to a minimum of 17C while inland temperatures were expected to reach as high as 34C with an expected minimum of 15C.
Winds on the coast were forecast to flow from northeasterly and northwesterly at speeds of up 30km with gusts of up to 45km while inland, winds could reach 28km with gusts of up to 35km from the same direction.
Humidity levels on the coast were forecast to reach up to 95 per cent and 55 per cent minimum while inland, humidity levels could top out at 90 per cent and dip to a low of 35 per cent, said the weather office.
As for the emerging weather patterns extending into the days ahead, the weather centre said fog conditions in the morning were likely to continue due in part to cloudy conditions across the UAE.
The centre said it sees “fair to partly cloudy weather in general, moderate winds in general. Sea will be moderate in the Arabian Gulf, and Oman Sea. Wind speed will become light over land during night and early morning times, and the relative humidity will increase over some coastal and internal areas, with a probability of fog and mist formation.”
